The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, December 30, 1913, Image 4
NEW CURRENCY LAW
PASSES THE SENATE BT MAJOR
irr oe MNTr
THE VOTE ON THE BILL
AH the Democrats Voted for It, and
So Did Five Republicans and One
l^ogreslve Republican on the Final
Vote on the Measure on Friday
Night.
administration currency re
form bill, proposing a revision of the
?n 8y8tem ot the Unlte<* States
and the creation of regional reserve
act stabilizing elements
m the banking aud financial work
Friday night passed the Senate by a
vote of 5 4 to 84.
Forces that had fought together
ror Improvement and amendment of
the measure to the last divided when
tne final vote came. Senator Hitch
?? ^mh? had led ,h# ??K?IUon to
the bill, returned to the Democratic
ranks, and Senator Week., one of the
leaders on the Republican side, wittT
five other Republicans, and Sonator
Polndexter (Progressive) voted for
the passage of the measure.
Wide differences exist between the
form of the legislation passed by the
Senate Friday night and the bill that
several months ago passed the House.
Democratic leaders already have
Partly ^Justed these differences
however, and It was Friday night
predicted that the bill would be com
pleted by a conference committee and
sent to President Wilson for his slK.
nature by Monday night.
adoptlon of the administration
bill, known as the "Owen bill", fol
lowed upon the formal defeat, by 44
? .4 1 * of the "Hitchcock bill", which
nad been endorsed by Senator Hitch
cock and the five Republican mem
bers of the ovenly divided Senate
committee that passed on the legisla
tion. The Senate previously had re
^,th0.Ut 0 ro" ca"' ? "central
bank bill offered as a substitute by
Senator Burton.
The Senators who voted for the
Owen bill were:
Democrats-Ashurst, Bacon. Rank
head. Bryan, Chamberlain. Chilton.
Horn?' ?letcuher' Gore. Hitchcock.
Hollis Hughes. James, Johnston.
Kern, Lane, Lee. Lewis, Martin, Mar
tine, Myers, Newlands, O'Gorman '
Overman. Owen, Pittman, Pomerene.'
Ransdell, Roed, Robinson, Saulsbury
Shafroth, Sheppard, Shields, Shlve
Sm"h' ?' Arizona;
Smith, of Georgia; Smith, of Mary
land; Smith, of South Carolina;
? uanBon, Thomas, Thompson, Till
man, Vardaman, Walsh and Williams
Republicans ? Crawford, Jones.
Perkins, Morris. Sterling and Weeks,
O .
Progressive ? Polndexter.
Those who voted against the bill
are:
Republicans ? Borah, Bradley
Brady, Brandegee, Brlstow, Burton.
Catron, Clapp, Colt, Cummins, Dll
jwlghom, t>upont, Qallinger, Qoff
M^ntTr* tr?"?n' Keny?n..^aFolletto'
Lippltt, MoCumber, McLean. Nelson.
Oliver, P*ge, Penrose, Root, Sher
man, Smith of Michigan, Smoot,
Butherlan, Stephenson, Townaend
Warren and Works ? 34.
Absent and paired:
Burleigh, Clark, of Wyoming; Cul
berson, Fall, Lodge, Stone, Thornton
Vacanoy? Alabama.
Through the afternoon, when a
vote on the bill was momentarily ex
ited. Mrs. Wilson, with a party of
friends from the White House, Sec
retary McAdoo and Joseph P Tu
jnulty, were interested spectators of I
the Senate's proceedings. Galleries I
and the floor of the Senate werH
crowded throughout the day and pas
Bage of the measure was greeted with
unchecked applause from the jtal
lerles.
COTTON BKBI) STATISTICS.
Figures Given Out by Census Thircau
for This Season.
Statistics of the cotton seed pro
ducts Industry for the present cotton
seABon, announced by the census bu
reau. Thursday, show 289,1 18 running
bale* Of llnters had been obtained
and 2, 201,278 tons of cotton seed
had been crushed from the crop of
1913 prior to December 1. The num
ber of cotton seed oil mills and other
dollntlng establishments active dur
ing the period prior to December was
860.
The number of active establish
ments, tons of cotton Boed crushed
and running bales of llnters obtained
prior to December 1, by states, fol
low:
Rstabllnh
Rtates .. mente Seed Llntors
Alabama' . . . 81 192,49ft 23,663
Arkansas . . . 43 117,932 16,299
FlOrlda .... 4 13,806 1,397
Georgia ... .162 375,881 46,896
Louisiana ... 32 74,681 9,348
Mississippi . . / 69 196,700 23,076
Missouri ... 4 13,749 1,649
N. G. ... . . . . 62 109,862 11,762
Oklahoma ... 68 136,649 20,966
8. C 98 172,866 19,108
Tennessee ... 23 99,218 12.G13
Texas . . . .220 677,693 101,436
All other states 6 20,941 2,006
Helpless Man Pell Into Flrw.
Falling Into sn Open fire when
stricken with apoplftxy, Bernard F.
DuROSS, a farmer of llonkensln, Del.,,
was burned to death. The man was)
found lying on the hearth, his face!
burned to *
Engine Turns Over.
When a C. and W. C. engine turn
ed over Tuesday morning at Foun
tain Inn the engineer and fireman
were painfully hurt. No oars were
attsohed to the engine at the time.
> ? *"
?earthquake at Seattle.
A light earthquake shock forty
seconds' duration was fait at Seattle.
Wash,, at 6t45 o'clock Thursday
morning. It 0td no damage.
^ ejH y > ti > e> a
Train Kills Two.
Dlllsrd Hunter* a farmer, and his
nteee. Miss Nora Hunter, were killed
near Nloholsvllle, Ky., Monday when
the buggy In whteh they were driving
was struck by a passenger train.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
GOVERNMENT ISSUES SEVENTH ]
REPORT OF SEASON.
This Season's Ginning* Are Fine,
Hundred Thousand Ahead of This|
Time Last Year. *
The seventh cotton ginning report
of the censuB bureau for the seaao&d
isBuod at 10 o'clock Saturday niorn-|
Ing, announced that 12,923,606 bales
of cotton, counting round" as half
bales, of the growth of 1913, bad
been ginned prior to December 13,
to which date during the past esven
years the ginning averaged 89.5 per
cent, of the entire crop. Last year]
to December *13 there had been gin
ned 12,439,036 bales, or 92.2 per|
cent, of the entire crop; in 1911 to
that date 13,770,727 bales, or 88.6
per cent.; in 1908 to that date 11,
904,269 bales, or 91 'per cent., and in
1906 to that date 1 1,1 12,789 bales,
or 8 f> . 6 per cent.
Includlng.in the ginnings were 91,
683 round bales, compared with 75,
772 round bales last year, 92,790 In
191 1, 106,486 in 1910 and 140,024 in
1909^
^^-T^he number of sea Island cotton
baleB included were 69.312, compared
with 60,445 bales last year, 98.035
bales in 1911, 85.177 bales in 1909
and 80,316 bales In 1908.
Ginnings prjor to December 13 by
states, with comparisons for last year
and other years and the percentage
of the entire crop ginned prior to
that date In those years follow;
Alabama.
Ginnings. P.C.
*91 3 . . . . . .1,4 4 4,603 ....
191 2 2.23,4,755 93.0
1 91 1 1,561,1 36 92.1
1 908 1,265,953 95.0
Arkansas.
1913 .. .. 884,102
1 91 2 703,329 91.2
1 91 1 746,802 82.2
1 908 847,312 85.1
Florida.
1 91 3 ,63,032 ....
1 91 2 *52,895 89.0
1 91 1 81,952 86.7
1 908 64,131 90.8
Georgia.
1 91 3 2,213,426 ....
1 91 2 1,675,670 92.4
1 91 1 2,51 7.857 90.1
1 908 1,868,963 94.5
Yxmlslana.
1 91 3 391,266 ....
1912 361,1 23 96.4
1 91 1 340,304 89.4
1 908 435, G03 93.4
Mississippi,
1 91 3 1,084,584 ....
' 91 2 883,458 88.0
191 1 996.601 85.2
1 908 1,441,947 89.0
North Carolina,
1 91 3 706,252 ....
1 912 902,329 89.8
19H 913,944 81.1
1908 615,736 90.1
Oklahoma.
1 913 791,623 ....
1912 902,329 89.9
1911 862,838 84.9
1 908 514,535 93.1
South Carolina.
1913 1,276,402
1912 1,128,850 92.2
1911 1,423,383 84.1
1908 1,134,183 93.3
Tennessee.
' 1913 340,546
1912 230,239 86.1
1911 360,510 83.8
1908 302,627 90.6
Texos.
1913 3,627,410 ....
191 2 4,368,916 94.0
1 91 1 3,862,1 43 94.0
1 908 3,368,874 92.9
tOher States.
1913 99,760 ....
1912 77,81 1 86.4
1911 103,257 74.3
1908 63,956 87.4
Tho ginnings of sea island cotton,
prior to December 13, by states, fol
low:
Florida. Georgia. S.C.
1913 . . . .24.1 26 38,806 6,380
191 2 . . . .1 9,505 35.418 5,522
191 1 . . . .35,585 68,008 4,442
1 909 . . . .26,807 37,952 10,743
AUTO KIIiLS HOY.
Nowborry Tj?<! Run Over by Hlow
Moving Machine.
Zeddle Berry, the 9-year-old-son of
Ed Herry of Newberry, was run over
nnd fatally Injured Wednesday even
ing by ^n automobile driven by Chal
merB Brown, Bon of Dr. W. C. Brown*
who Uvea In that county. Young
Hrown was arrested but was exon
erated by the coroner's Jury and thon
net free. The little victim wan In a
drug store and dashed out Into the
street JUBt aB young Brown drove up
In the automobile.
j Though the machine wan going
vory slowly and young Brown Boomed
to ho driving very carefully, he was
unable to Btop In time and the car
struok the little boy, Inflicting Inju
ries from which ho died about an
hour later. Young Brown was arrest
ed and the coroner made an Investiga
tion, the Jury bringing In a verdict
that the tragedy was puroly an accl
dont.
Filed to Kin Death.
Pursued by one hundred passon
gem through seven earn of a subway
train in Brooklyn Sunday night, a
youth aroused of being a plok pocket
leaped from the front platform of the
car when lie was about to be sur
rounded and was crushed to death
against a pillar of the tunnel. *
\ ? ? ?? ?
Plan to Head Off Doll Weevil.
Government entomologists have
warned farmers In South Carolina
that the boll weevil may reach the
State In two years. They are warn
ed to take all precautions against the
pest as lta ravages, with normal
crop*, will cause a loss of from
92K.OOO.OOO to 180.000,000.
/ T*d Kills Ulster.
While examining a rifle given to
him as a Christ, as present, John
Larrabee, of Washington, La., aged
It years, late Sunday accidentally
shot and killed his sister, Mrs. H. L.
Clemming, a hrlde of two months.
Yo\ing Larrabee said he did not know
the weapon was loaded.
THEY COME ACROSS
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COM
PANIES GIVE IN
WIU DISSOLVE TRUST
miorney-General JHcKeynolds Stops
Litigation When Big Corporation
Agrees to Dispose of Its Holdings
in Western Union ? A Complete
Victory for the Government.
Attorney-General McReynolds Fri
day night made public details of an
agreement for reorganization of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company ? the "Telegraph Trust" ?
which will prevent the litigation to
dissolve that corporation under the
Anti-Trust Act, and under which
competitive conditions will be restor
ed in the telephone service of the en
tire country and the combine will dis
pose of Its holdings In the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
The reorganization plan originated
with the company, although it follow
ed many reports that a suit against It
might be filed. It was Friday night
regarded by department of justice of
ficials as the most striking indication
offered in a decade that "big busi-|
ness" has come to the conclusion that
It is better to conform to the Sher
man law than fight it.
The plan met not only the approval
of tho Attorney General and his Thief
"trust buBter," G. C. Todd, and offi
cials of the subsidiaries of the com
bine, but was heartily approved by
President Wilson. In a letter to Mr.
McReynolds the President expressed
his admiration for the attitude of the
telephone company and his conviction
that such conduct on the part of bus
iness men meant a building up of bus
iness on sound and permanent lines.
Coming on the heels of the an
noucemont that Postmaster General
Burleson is seriously Interested in
Government ownership of telephone
lines, the action of the department of
Justice took on an added significance
and some officials went so far as to
express the opinion that It indicated
that legislation to acquire the coun
try's telephone business w'ould not be
pressed by the Administration at the
present session.
In briof the agreement provides
that:
The American Telephone and Tele
graph company will dispose promptly
of its holdings in tho Western Union
Telegraph Company so that each con
cern shall bo under distinct manage
ment and so that all shall be entirely
Independent.
The company hereafter will not ac
i|ulre control of other telephone com
panies, and where control of tele
phone companies has been acquired,
but no actual physical union has been
pffeeted, the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company will submit the
course it is to pursue to the Inter
state commerce commission and to
the department o/ Justice.
The company promptly will \nake
arrangements by which all othu- tel
ephone companies in the United Staes
shall have access to its toll lines.
Department officials declared that
the plan gave the Government every
thing and more that it could have
hoped to obtain in Court. Officials
were particularly pleased with the
last part of the agreement, by which
the Pell company gives long distance
service to subscribers of other com
panies.
The agreement will not afreet tha
suit entered several months ago to
dissolve the connection of the Bell
Company with the Pacific telephone
and Telegraph Company, the West
coast branch.
President Wllsop's letter, written
to tho Attorney General Friday was
one of the most interesting docu
ments made public in connection with
the settlement. It rends:
"My Duar Mr. Attorney General:
Thank you for lotting me see tho let
ter from the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company. It is very grati
fying that tho company should thus
volunteer to adjust Its business to the
conditions of competition.
'I gain the Impression more and
more from week to wook that tho bus
iness mon of the country are sincere
ly deslrious of conforming with the
law, and it is very gratifying, Indeed,
10 have occasion, ns in this instance,
to deal with them in complete frank
ness and to be able to show thorn that
all we desire is an opportunity to co
operate with them. So long as wo
are dealt with in this spirit wo can
help to build up tho business of the
country upon Bound and pormanont
linos.
I "Cordially and sincerely yours,
"Wootlrow Wilson."
Mr. McRevnolds, In accepting the
American Telephono and Telegraph's
offer, wrote to N. C. Kingsbury, vice
president of the company, as follows:
"Pormlt mo to accept with appre
ciation your lotter of December 9,
outlining the course of action which
the telephone companion composing
the Hell system obligate themselvos
to follow In the future.
"Your frank nogotatlons In re
spect of thoso matters compel the be
lief that what you propose will bo
oarrlod out In good faith; and It
seems to me cloar that such action on
you part will establish conditions
under which t\iero will ho full oppor
tunity throughout the countryfor
competlon In the transmission of In
telligence by wire.
"May I take this occasion to say
that the Administration earnestly de
sires to co-operate and to promote all
business conducted In harmony with
law; and that, without abating the
Insistence that the statutes must, be
obeyed, It always will welcome oppor
tunity to aid In bringing about what
ever adjustments are necessary ror
tne ro-establlshmont of lawful con. II
tlons without litigation."
ntirnotl to Death.
Mm. James Ooylo, 3fi years old,
fell Into a fireplace at hor homo near
Oowpens Monday morning and was
burned to death. There was nobody
else In the room at. the time. It Is
supposed she failed.
Two Ifnrt by Kxplonlon.
Miss Harah W. Wiley and her
nephew wefe seriously Injured In
Chicago Tuesday when a holler explo
sion and fire wrecked the apartment
houfte In which she was visiting.
HUERTA SLOWLY FALLING
PLANS TO RELIEVE NATIONAL
LM PO VER18HME N T.
Provisional Government May Last
Many Months, but Its Final Fall
Seems Certain.
National Impoverishment &nd an
increasing organization among scores
of rebel bands have reduced the pro
visional government to what appears
to be a desperate situation, but con
servative residents of the Mexican
Federal capital profess to see, in the
recent military operations and the
continuation of provisional President
Huerta to secure money, even though
In driblets, evidence that the govern
ment may not fall for many month9
unless some unexpected turn for the
worse occurs.
Saturday past was pay day for govT
ernment employees, and In almost all
departments there was little delay In
meeting the pay rolls. That the gov
ernment may not be able to float an
other loan generally is conceded by
Mexicans, but none has lost sight of
the fact that the country 16 rich and
that Gen. Huerta, as a last resort,
would not hesitate to take money
where ho can find it.
Already a drastic measure has been
discussed by the Cabinet ? that of the
confiscation of the property of all In
dividuals who are known to have ar
rayed themselves against the Huerta
government. The measure has not
yet received the full approval of the
ministers, but If adopted It will prove]
a rich resource. Collections that fall
little short of being forced loans have|
been made In cities outsldo tho capi
tal and provisional President Huer
ta's new order for the establishment
of a militia at the expense of busi
ness men generally in the various
states is in line with his policy to
draw directly from the country the
revenue necessary for carrying on tho
war.
The failure of Gen. Pancho Villa to
mnrch south from Chihuahua because
of the undeBlrabillty of leaving the
forces of Gen. Salvador Mercado and
Gen. Jascual Orozco In his rear; the
failure of the rebels to take Tamplco;
the reoccupatlon of Torreon by gov
ernment soldiers, and the presence at
Monterey of 5,000 Federal troops are
construed by military men as indica
tions that tho swinging advance of
the rebel army has slowed up and
that from now on, as their campaign
is carried farther into the heart of
tho republic, their progress much
slower. ,
The banking situation continued
bad, State bank bills still being re
jected, except In limited amounts, at
tho Central Rank. The run on the
Hnnk of London and Mexico, though
slightly diminished, continued thru
out Saturday.
The committee of bankers, which
has been attempting to solve the
financial situation, has not yet suc
ceeded in going beyond the point of
making suggestions, although It Is
believed Gen. Huerta, in the end, will
issue a decree forcing the acceptance
of the State Bank note?r>thus enlarg
ing the volume of medium of ex
change in the business world. The
National Bank of Mexico hf\$ an
nounced that .on account of 't$R> ex*
istlng conditions and aB a measure of
prudence," it would not pat the
semi-annual dividend due this month.
KILLED IN CAR.
Dillon Merchant Loses His Life In
Auto Accident. .
W. Aaron FaaB was Instantly kill
ed and Miss Mary Moore was serious
ly injured Sunday afternoon at six
o'clock when an automobile in which
they were riding ran into a deep
ditch one-half mile from Dillon. MIbb
Moore, daughter of John B. Moore,
of I,atta, was rushed to Dillon In an
automobile, whore she waB given
modlcal attention. Mr. Fass is a
well known merchant of Dillon and is
a native of Now York. A spoke on
tlio steering whell severed the jug
ular vein of Mr. Fass.
Mr, Fass and Miss Moore had been
for a ride through the county and
were returning to Dillon late Sunday
afternoon. Just after passing the
Maple dairy the machine swerved
sharply to the right and plunged Into
a ditch. The car was badly damaged.
Koveral persons in an automobile
pnssing 3 0 minutes later found the
.wrecked car. Mr. FasB was dead and
Miss Moore was unconscious. Those
who viewed the wreck were un&hle to
account for tho accident. It in sup
posed that the steering gear broke,
sending the machine into the ditch,
which is about six feet deep. The
car was overturned.
Killed In Collision.
A. C. Parker, oged 40, of Mlllen,
fia., clerk of tho superior and city
courts, was Instantly killed Monday
night In a motorcyclo collision on the
outskirts of tho city whon Mr. Park
er, who was on his way home, col
lided with Mr. T. W. Aaron, who
was riding Into tho city.
Wnrslilps Rave Town.
Possession by the Mexican federal
forcos at Tampldo of two gunboats, It
hns been made clear, has forced the
Constitutionalists who have been be
selglng that port foi* the last two
weeks to abandon the undertaking
notwithstanding they far outnumber
tho enemy. ?
Auto ()oes Wronjf.
One person was killed and two
were Injured Sunday night when an
automobile traveling along a drive
way In upper Central park, New
York, dashed over a low stone cop
ing of a bridge and dropped 26 feet
to a foot path bordering tho drive.
R*t>eln Repulsed.
After four days of fighting the Mex
ican federal garrison at the soAport
of Tamplco reinforced by the arrival
of gunboats with troops, amunltlon
and dynamite Sunday drove the at
tacking Constitutionalist* out of
of their guns.
Riot kt I /os Angolc*.
Rafael Adams, a Mexican, was
killed and five polltfomen were Injur*
ed Thursday In a Hot at the Plar.a,
Los Angeles, Cal., when the police
started to break tip a meeting of sev
eral hundred unemployed and hun
gry men.
THREATENS TO EXECUTE
VILLA SAYS HE WILL COURTMAR
TIAL LOOTEKS.
Declares Right to Confiscate Rests
With Constitutionalists Alone
Shoots Six as a Warning.
"Any one who hereafter loots or
molests property of foreigners or
Mexicans will be executed. The right
to confiscate property will rest only
with the Constitutionalist govern
ment."
Gen. Francisco Villa Issued this or
der Sunday as showing his intention
to maintain Btrlct military discipline.
As an example he executed on the
plaza a band of rebels who had been
found guilty by courtmartlal of sack
ing the home of a wealthy Mexican.
While the six rebelB were marched
before the firing squad, the stolen
goods were returned to the owner.
All stores confiscated from the ex
pelled Spaniards Sunday were closed
and sealed. Orders were given that
no more goods are to be taken from
them. This action was believed to
have resulted from the protest of the
United States against the seizure of
Spanish property. Already great
quantities of the goods, valued at sev
eral million dollars, had been utiliz
ed by the rebels. The remainder of
the property Is to be held pending an
Investigation as to whether the own
ers aided the Huerta government.
Gen. Villa said his forces were be
ing strengthened by desertions from
the Federal troops. He proclaimed
amnesty to Federal soldiers, who
would surrender and give up their
arms. Many Fedoral troops are re
ported to have joined the rebels.
Three hundred thousand rounds of
rifle ammunition and 500J)00 roimds
of artillery ammunition were recov
ered east of Chliiuahua. where they
were hidden by Gen. Mercado's evac
uating Federals.
Telegraphic ajid railroad communi
cation has been extended as far west
as Mlnaca and as far south as Berme
jlllo. If there Is no Federal Inter
ference, Gen. Vtlla expects soon to
have the states of Chihuahua, Sonora
and Slnaloa as freely open as In time?
of peace. Raoul Madero, brother of
the late president, conferred with
Gen. Villa regarding the formation of
civil government. Mr. Madero Is to
bo an adviser to Villa.
WEDDING BUREAU.
Sensational Story Tells How Foolish
Men Wero Fleeched.
Martin W. Farris of Princeton,
Ind., who with his wife and daugh
ters, Louise and Ora, were Indicted
there on a charge of misusing the
malls in operating a matrimonial bu
reau, Wednesday told Judge A. B
Anderson In federal court that Louise
alone .was responsible for what
Charles W. Miller, district attorney,
characterized as one of the biggest
matrimonial swindles operated in this
country.
Mr. Miller, in outlining the gov
ernment's case, declared that the
plan of the swindle was for Louise to
write letters to men who wished to
marry her. Mrs. Farris mulled the
letters, he said. Ora - warned away
prospective brldgegrooms and if they
became Insistent the father threat
ened them. Five men who had pro
posed to Louise arrived In Princeton
at the same time, Mr. Miller said, and
at times she was engaged to 50 meiL
One of the victims who sent Louise
$100 was a prominent pugilist, the
district attorney asserted.
According to Mr. Miller there al
ways was a scramble at the Farris
home In Princeton when packages or
letters arrived and the first member
of the family to open a package or
letter kept Its contents. Mr. Miller
told of many prospective bridegrooms
who had sent diamond bracelets, dia
mond rings, money and railroad
tlckefts. Louise, who confessed her
part in the scheme. Mr. Miller said,
told him that she wrote to the dis
gruntled lovers threatening to have
them arrested for trying "to lure a
young, innocent girl away from
home", if return of money or Jewelry
was asked.
SAVES TIIS LIFE.
Pennsylvania Minister's Blblo Stops
Bullet Flre<l at Him.
What Is believed to havo been an
attempt to assassinate tho Rev. It. E.
McClure, president of tho Indiana
County Anti-Saloon League, residing
at Blalrsvllle, Pa., failed late Satur
day night when a bullet penetrated a
Bible which ho carried under his
arm and made a slight abrasion upon
Dr. McCuro's side. Dr. McClure had
made a sick call and was returning
homo when fired on.
As tho minister roachodVjio street
leading to his homo ho saw two men.
As he approached them a whistle
sounded and one of tho mon fired a
revolver at him. The minister pick
ed up a stone and hurled it at the
men, running toward them. As tho
assailants retreated the mpn with tho
revolver fell. Before Dr. McClure
could reach him tho man had regain
ed his feet and fired a second time,
tho bullet tearing through tho min
ister's niblo and clothing. Both men
then fled.
Sentenced to Walk 70 Miles.
Edward Leo and John Nolan, 17
year-old boys of Now York city, who
ran away from homo, wore arrested
at Mlddletown, N. Y., on a charge of
illegal train riding. They were re
leased on their promise to walk the
76 miles back to their homo.
Had Concealed Weapons.
At a hearing of a strike case at
Calumet., Mich., the witnesses de
manded that those In the crowded
Court room be searched for weapons.
When tho Justice told the bailiff to
seok for weapons twelvo men rushed
from the room.
I/osen Two Fingers.
While testing a toy cannon which
he had bought for his son, Charlos'
Yoagor, a diver, of Charleston, lost
two fingers In tho resulting explosion
Saturday. ? I
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Banks In Union have appllod for
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the new currency law.
ADMITS IDENTITY i
SPARTANBURG SUSPECT SAYS BE
IS MCKINLEY
PARDONED LAST MONTH
Is Now III Jail Hound Over on the I
Charge of Burglary and Attempted
Safe-Cracking ? Strong Ch&in of
Evidence Has Been Gathered
About Him.
After a strong chain of evidence
connecting hitn with the robbery and
the attempt to blow open the safe of
Kenard C. Frey, who runs a Btoro at
Kalrforest, Spartanburg County on
the night of December 10, had been
wound around him, William McKln
ley, alias "Dayton Scotty," alias John*
Kenny, was Monday aflernoon bound
over by Robert J. Gantt, maglsltrate
of Spartanburg, on the charge of bur
larg and attempted safe-cracking to
await the action of the grand Jury.
Tho prisoner admitted that he was
William McKlnley, one of the leaders
of tho notorious N'olan-McKlnley
band of yeggmen which operated in
this State in 1902-1903 and was pa
roled by tho governor on November
27. McKinley took the decision of
the magistrate nonchalantly and did
not seem to be at all worried.
It was established by witnesses
that Frey's store was broken into by
tho door being prized open with somo
sharp Instrument. The safe showed
evidences that an attempt had been
made to blow it open, and around the
edges of tho door and In the cracks
soap was Btuffed, and on top and
front was some liquid, supposedly
nitroglycerine.
When tho robbery was discovered
In tho morning, Mr. Frey found a box
had been emptied of men's woolen
undershirts, size 3 8, how many ho
did not know, also one pair of wo
men's and one pair of men's Bhoes
wore missing. Insldo tho store were
found a hammer and a chisel and on
the outside a punch. These were
recognized by V. I,. Shores ns the
ones stolen from his blacksmith shop
*Kvhlch is not far from Mr. Frey's
store, and on tho night an attempt
was made to blow open the safe. In
tho blacksmith shop Mr. Shores dis
covered a button, to which was at
tached a tuft of cloth.
When examined in prison McKln
ley was found to havo one button
missing from tho rear of his trousers.
Another was taken ofT by the sheriff,
compared and were found to be Iden
tical. Mr. Shores recognized one of
them as being that which was found
in his blacksmith shop. Thus the
button was traced from tho black
smith shop through tho robbed store
to the trousers of McKlnley. Near
the place where McKlnley was ar
rested on the night after the robbery,
a bag, containing an undershirt, a
blue overshirt, a coat, an empty vial
and a syringe, was found by O. S
O'Shlelds on December 14. The ar
ticles of apparel were Identified by
Mr. Froy as the ones stolon from his
store.
The most Important testimony was
given by Elmore Wright, himself a
pnrulod murderer who was serving a
life term In the state penitentiary
when he was released, and who Is
now In jail for shooting hla cousin
some time ago. He testified that Mc
Klnley swepped him an undershirt in
exchange for the one which Wright
had on, saying:
"A store at Falrforest was broken
open, and some things wore taken out
and they are searching for them.
They might search me for them and
I do not want to have the shirt on."
This shirt was Identified by Mr. Frey
as one which was stolon out of hlB
store, because of Its size, make and
the word, "Sanitary," branded on It.
Gertrude Williams, a negro cook
who sleeps In , the Frey residence
which Is only GO yards from the Btore
testified that she heard two explo
sions on the night of the robbery, the
flrBt of which, she thought, was about
1 o'clock In the morning.
William McKlnley, when put on
the stand stated that he was not
guilty explaining that ho found the
shirt he gave Wright under the coal
chute at Spartanburg Junction and
put it on.
McKlnley admitted he was the
noted yeggman, whom the governor
paroled from the State penitentiary
on Thanksgiving day. Ho said as soon
as ho was released ho 'made track* to
get away" and wont to Georgia
Through excessive walking, ho says,
his foot became sore and began to
Bwell, and whon arrested, ho was
making his way to Baltimore where
he hoped to enter a hospital. ?
Hlto Out of Hospital.
J. Marlon Hlto, tho Patesburg bus
iness man who was shot and serious
ly wounded In his own homo on tho
night of December 6, has loft tho
hospital. His condition Is said to bo
unfavorablo, his right arm and
shoulder being Impnlrod.
KocovrrH Stolon Horso.
Hearing that a negro had sold a
horso for $5 cash and a mortga^o
Sheriff Mlllor ordered tho horso to bo
held ponding an Investigation. It
proved to ho an animal stolon from
Mr. P. F. Huffman, a farmer of tho
Dutch Fork section. ?
Fireworks Factory Mown 1'p,
Tho explosion of a fireworks fac
tory Thursday In tho province of
Naplos, It*Uy. killed many persons.
Fourteen d%jul and fivo Injured were
removed. It Is believed many other
bacllos aro covered by tho debris.
Dcstltnto Men Aro Kwl.
Two thousand destitute men of
Portland, Ore., wero guests of the
Oregon-Washington Railroad and
Navigation company at dinner on
hoard a river steamer. They fod In
relays of 200 each.
Train Kills Nojfro.
Nlm Pomar, an agod nogro. wns
struck by a train on tho Southern
Pallway, near Wolford, Sunday night
and killed. Ho wns drinking.
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Lincoln Peachy Saturday looped
tho loop four times In a biplane at
Fresno, Cal. Ho also flew upside '
down for an eighth of & mllo. ? :
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??Santa" Gets Hiimed.
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WORK SLICK GAME
NEW YORKERS FILL OFf VISE
TAPPING TRICK
ENDS UP WITH HIS CASH
Wealthy West Indian Visiting in New
York Meets Stranger ? They Be
come "Friends" and Get Iteady to
Win a Fortune, but It Doesn't
Work Out.
Tho New York Sun of Tuesday
publishes the following story of a
" wire-tapping" swindle, played In the
same old way on tho confiding
stranger In New York:
Right In the midst of District At
torney Whitman's campaign against
wireless wiretappers and their police
confederates anu while Deputy Police
Commissioner Dougherty's assertions
that he would take drastic action
against such gentry were still re
sounding. the professional gentlemen
who tip credulous persons from out
lying parts to good things In horse
races put one over on a visitor from
tho West Indies, who contributed $2,
500 in cash to tho ancient enterprise.
This was on December 2 and In
spector Faurot hoard of It two days
later when L. C. Wharton, a West
Indian chemist, who was stopping in
New York on his \^ay homo from
England, camo Into police headquar
ters and told the story. Wharton ar
rived In New York on November 3 0
and went to the Hotel Albert in Uni
versity place. That same day, Sun
day, he went for a walk. On Fifth
avenue he met a stranger who bor
rowed a match and Introduced him
self as Karl B. Linton, a mechanical
engineer from Montreal.
The new made friends saw the
sights tho- rest ? of ? that day and the
next and tho next. By then they
wero Intimates. On Wednesday fol
lowing they took a walk and mot, at
17th street and Fourth avenue, one
F. Burke, a friend of I.inton. from
Charleston, S. C., and, according to
the Canadian, a "bear on doping the
ponies". P.urko was feeling pretty
prosperous, having Just won $?o
on the Charleston races and invited
tho others to go and see how ho did
it.
They went to a poolroom In a fur
nished room house In East 24th
street, Just off Fifth avenue, and
started in to break the bookies.
Wharton plunged to tho extent of $5
and won $.">fi. a second dash with
$10 brought him $20 and a third mad
venture of $2.r> netted another $50.
Tho West Indian thought he'd like to
go on forever.
AJlttle later Burke whispered that
he had a sure thing, a hummer, and
he was going to It strong. Ltnton
and Wharton could do as they liked.
They stepped on his heels In their
eagerness to place the money. Burke
put up $7,500 and Linton $8,800.
Wharton produced $300 In billB and
made out a check for $5,000. Noth
ing doing on tho check they told him,
so ho hurried downtown to his bank
and camo back with $2,500 In real
money.
Burke took the pot and gave it to
Linton, with Instructions to bet it all
on a cortaln horBO for place. Whar
ton and the plunger waited with
bat- d breath. Linton came back pres
ently. Tie thought ho had been told
to bet on the nag to win and the nag
had lost and ho wns out $8,800, not
to mention his friends, and It cer
tainly was rought going.
"You thick-headed, thieving, low
down Ignornnt aniline," shouted
Rurke. "I told you to bet on the
horse for plnce."
"Don't talk to mo that way, you
dog," shouted Linton. "I won't take
It from you or any man."
They clinched and went down 'n a
cloud of dust. Wharton hopped
around on tho outside and bepged
them not to forget they were gentle
men. Finally Linton remembered,
and getting up went away with the
peacemaker. Tho Canadian was very
soro on Burke and sail ho would
make good Wharton's losses, giving
him a note for tjio $2,500 and then
disappearing with a promise to re
turn and cash It tho next day. The
Went Indian waited two days, then
began to read tho papers antl hustled
to headquarters.
Lieut. Fiannelly and some men
from tho East 22nd street station
havo been working on tho Job since.
Monday nlpht thoy arrested four
men, thoutrh they won't say where
they got the prisoners, except that it
was near the alleged poolroom. There
they found a suitcase with tho usual
wireless wire wiretappers' outfit of
Morse k'vs and newspapers done tip
like bundles of money. Tho prisoners
a re :
John IT Hr-wlv, 23, bartender In
lhr? I, eland lintel, Manitoba. The
police say ho Is known to them as
William McRberry and Franklin Hud
son, that his picture Is In various
rogues' galleries and that ho has
served several terms In prison for
green goods operations. He Is sup
posed to havo taken tho part of
Burke.
Charles Carbell, 43, of 147 West
10th street, who the police say was
In Ring Sing for thrpo years and who
used to work with Larry Summer
fleid Ho had $1,870 In cash In his
pockets.
.Tames T. Burton. of 112 West
1 2 5 1 )?, stroot, f.O years old. and known
to tho pollen as John 1 Fitzgerald,
lie nlso has been In prison there and
other places, tho police sav. He Is
supposed to have been Mr, Sulllvnn.
the bookmaker In the plot
Henry Nadlson. f> r. veors old, of 40
flrovo street, Jersey City, known also
as Horace Norton. The police say he
sorved tlmo In Ailentown, Pa., for
disposing of ereen goods. He wns a
booster of tho poolroom, making fake
bets
Tho four are held an suspicious
characters until Wharton, who has
left tho cltv, but. who Inspector Fau
rot snvs will be produced In good
t4m<\ enn have a look at them Tho
$2,500 Is still nmong the missing.
Rhoots Mnn ?n<1 Kills Helf.
William Murphy, 40 years old,
was shot dead In front of his home,
In NWest Philadelphia, by Catherine
Wltmnn. 25, Wednesday nlfcht. Tho
woman then rnn to her homo, a block
nway, and committed suicide by
shooting Just before tho police broke
open tho door of her room.